Pocket lighter



March 24, 1925-.

A HESS POCKET LIGHTER Filed Feb. 6, 1923 lll/llllllll Patented Mar. 24, E925.

" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER HESS, OF PFORZHEIM, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR T0 PAUL KOHLEB, OF

PFORZHEIM, GERMANY.

POCKET LIGHTER.

Application filed February 6, 1923. Serial No. 617,392.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER Hess, a citizen of the German Republic, residing at Pi'orzheim, Germany, have invented cer- 6 tain new and useful Improvements in Pocket Lighters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a pocket lighter comprising several exchangeable cerium ll) stones arranged in a circle and mounted, ac-

cording to the invention, in a rotatable slit sleeve so that always one of the cerium stones can be made to register with the slit.

A form of construction of the improved 15 pocket lighter is shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein Fig. 1 is an elevation, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 is a plan view. a is the casing for the pocket lighter and b the striking pin which is constructed to form a. wick holder, and which is removably inserted in the well known manner in the casing a. On the top plate of easing a the holder for the cerium stones is arranged. This holder consists of a tube at internally threaded and having several (in the present case six) longitudinal incisions in which the cerium stones 0 are removably mounted.

30 The cerium stones are protected on the outer surface by a rotatable sleeve f which has a.

slot g. The width of slot 9 is inferior to the width of the cerium stone. The holder d for the cerium stones is closed at the top by a screw lid h which has a ring i fixed on its outer surface for attaching the pocket lighter for instance to the watch chain.

If the cerium stone e which registers with slot 9 is worn out, the sleeve 7 is rotated for one division so that a new cerium stone appears in slot g.

In order to replace the cerium stones by fresh stones the lid h is unscrewed and sleeve f is removed.

I claim Pocket lighter with several removable cerium stones arranged in acircle comprising in combination with the casing, a striking pin 'removably located in said casing, a holder, several cerium stones removably mounted in said holder in a circle so that they project over the outer surface of the holder, and a rotatable sleeve over said holder having a longitudinal slot registering with one of the cerium stones so that this stone is accessible for the striking pin.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER HESS. Witnesses:

LUDWIG RUNTER, FRANZ GANREICH. 

